Holiday home in Turkey

One of my work colleagues has a holiday apartment in Turkey that they will loan out for a charge to people they know. As it is not much booked up so far they have thrown it open to us at work on our team. It all sounds very cheap as we would not be charged much for the accommodation. It is in a major tourist spot in Turkey.

The holiday apartment is close to the uk airport and the Turkish airport too so travel is easy.

I am tempted but not sure because of the situation across the border in Syria. Dh is not happy to go at all.

I am not an experienced traveller and neither is dh. I remember last year there was an incident on a Moroccan beach where a gunman opened fire on sunbathers. I think being so close to the border with Syria would worry me and I would not be able to relax.

There is absolutely no problem in Antalya, I know someone who lives there and she is perfectly happy there. It is a very long way from the troubles, which are about 16 hours drive away and if you look at the government advice it doesn't say any thing about Antalya.

I would happily go there, Turkey is a beautiful country, the people are so friendly.

There is too much scaremongering about Turkey unfortunately at the moment, which is sad as the resorts are as safe as anywhere else on the Mediterranean.